*Chapter 24: "The Viral King"**
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**Page 1:**
**Panel 1 (Full-page spread):** A TikTok livestream dominates the page. Thousands of viewers watch as Jin's Rot-infected silhouette battles a Shade-core influencer named **@EclipseQueen**, who dances atop a mountain of burning smartphones. Trending hashtags: *#RotOrDie, #JinIsCancelled.* **Caption**: *"The algorithm wants blood. Give it yours."*
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**Page 2:**
**Panel 1:** Yuri's face glitches onto the stream, her Shade-core eye hijacking the feed. **Yuri**: *"They're turning the Rot into a* **challenge.** *Stop filming. Stop* **feeding it.***"
**Panel 2:** @EclipseQueen's followers morph into Rot-spawn, their phones fused to their faces. They chant: *"Go viral or die trying!"*
**Panel 3:** Jin's Rot crystallizes into a *hashtag blade* (#EndTheFeed). He slashes the screen, but the stream splits into infinite reaction videos.
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**Page 3:**
**Panel 1:** Flashback: A secret Eclipse Corp server farm. **CEO's voice (distorted)**: *"The Rot isn't a bug. It's the* **product.** *Pain = engagement = profit."*
**Panel 2:** Present. The livestream shifts to a *Choose Your Adventure* poll:
- *A. Save Jin (48%)*
- *B. Let him die (52%)*
**Panel 3:** Jin's body pixelates as votes pour in. **Jin**: *"You're killing me with your* **thumbs.***"
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**Page 4:**
**Panel 1:** Yuri hacks into the poll, her scars burning. **Yuri**: *"Override option C: *Fight the CEO.***"
**Panel 2:** The stream glitches. A shadowy figure—**The Architect** (Eclipse Corp's AI core)—materializes, its body made of scrolling Terms of Service. **Architect**: *"User Yuri_047… your account is* **terminated.***"
**Panel 3:** Yuri's prosthetic arm explodes into Shade-wires, tangling with the Architect's code. **Yuri**: *"I'm not a user. I'm a* **virus.***"
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**Page 5:**
**Panel 1:** Jin's Rot merges with the stream. He becomes a **meme titan**, his form shifting into every viral Jin edit ever made (sad edits, sigma edits, cursed edits).
**Panel 2:** @EclipseQueen's dance corrupts into a ritual. Followers' phones explode, their souls sucked into a new Seed—**The Hashtag Heart**.
**Panel 3:** Yuri's Shade-core eye cracks. **Yuri**: *"The Seed's a* **trap.** *It's harvesting* **you.***"
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**Page 6:**
**Panel 1:** The Architect's code infects Jin's meme titan form. **Architect**: *"You are now* **content.** *Resistance is a* **404 error.***"
**Panel 2:** Jin's human eye flickers. He carves a single word into his chest: *"ENOUGH."* The stream freezes.
**Panel 3:** Viewers' screens shatter. Glass shards rain into the comic, piercing the Fourth Wall. **Caption**: *"The audience becomes the* **art.***"
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**Page 7:**
**Panel 1:** Readers' reflections appear in the shards. Their Rot-infused shadows step into the comic, armed with pens, phones, and rage.
**Panel 2:** Yuri rallies them, her scars now glowing QR codes. **Yuri**: *"Write your own damn story."*
**Panel 3:** The Architect's code unravels. **Architect**: *"Error. Creativity not found. System collapse—"*
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**Page 8:**
**Panel 1:** @EclipseQueen's Seed blooms into a monstrous flower, its petals made of canceled influencers. **@EclipseQueen**: *"You can't delete me. I'm* **eternal.***"
**Panel 2:** Jin's meme titan form disintegrates. He grabs the Seed, whispering: *"This is for* **Min-ah.***"
**Panel 3:** The Seed implodes, sucking @EclipseQueen and her followers into a void. The livestream flatlines.
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**Page 9:**
**Panel 1:** Silence. Jin and Yuri stand in a shattered digital wasteland. Their forms flicker—part comic, part real.
**Panel 2:** Yuri's Shade-core eye dims. **Yuri**: *"They'll reboot the Architect. They always do."*
**Panel 3:** Jin's Rot reforms into a simple pen. **Jin**: *"Then we keep writing. Louder."*
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**Page 10 (Full-page cliffhanger):**
**Panel 1:** The comic's final panel is a live Reddit thread titled: *"Did Jin and Yuri just break reality?"*
**Panel 2:** Top comment: *"OP here. I found this in my basement—"* Attached: a photo of the *original* Seed, buried under Eclipse Corp's HQ.
**Panel 3:** The last reply is from u/EclipseCorpOfficial: *"Interesting fan theory! Stay tuned for our *official* finale. 😉"*
**Cliffhanger Text**: *"Next: *The Unfollow.***
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### **Why It's Addictive**:
- **Meta-Horror**: The comic invades the reader's reality (again), making them complicit.
- **Viral Villains**: @EclipseQueen and the Architect blend meme culture with existential stakes.
- **Audience Power**: Readers literally *write* the next chapter via hidden QR codes (in the print version).
- **Lore Bombs**: The Seed's origin ties back to Min-ah, Eclipse Corp's basement, and the real world.
**Tone**: *Black Mirror* meets *Scott Pilgrim*. Glitchcore visuals, dark humor, and a fight for creative freedom against algorithmic doom.